Dr. Daphney Rene, LCSW, LICSW

Licensed in New Jersey · 30 years in practice

Dr. Daphney Rene brings three decades of social work experience to her practice in New Jersey.

License and registration

LCSW, New Jersey: 44SC06091600 · expires August 2026
LCSW, New York: 090187 · expires December 2028
LICSW, Alabama: 6563C · expires October 2027
LCSW, North Carolina: C017688 · expires October 2026
NPI: 1538309091 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 30
Languages: English

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About Daphney

Dr. Daphney Rene brings three decades of social work experience to her practice in New Jersey. She holds the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) and also lists LICSW.

She focuses on practical help for grief, parenting challenges, anger, depression, and ADHD. Her approach treats each person as the expert on their own life. She listens for strengths and builds on them.

Sessions are straightforward and centered on what the client wants to change or understand.

Background and approach

Dr. Rene uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different responses. She also draws on Client-Centered and Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas to make room for emotions while learning new skills.

People who come to her find concrete strategies as well as time to talk through difficult feelings. She often works on managing strong reactions, improving communication, and handling the everyday strain of caregiving or chronic health issues.

Over the years she has supported people dealing with adoption and foster care concerns, attachment challenges, aging and geriatric issues, body image, cancer, chronic pain and illness, and other life transitions. Dr. Rene aims to help people take manageable steps toward greater stability and wellbeing.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Daphney lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Grief
Parenting issues
Anger management
Depression
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Phobias
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Daphney names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them drive every choice. It encourages identifying personal values and taking small actions that match those values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to change mood and reactions. CBT is often used for depression, anger, and ADHD-related struggles.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the client's needs, and adjust the approach over time. That collaborative process helps decide whether ACT, CBT, client-centered listening, or DBT-informed skills are the best next step.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people have a full conversation, phone sessions can use less bandwidth and fit into a work break, and messaging is useful for short check-ins or when a written record helps track progress. These options let people access care from different places and schedules while keeping the focus on practical strategies and steady progress.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?

She works with grief, parenting struggles, anger, depression, and ADHD, plus related areas such as attachment issues, adoption and foster care concerns, aging and caregiver stress.

What is the therapist's general approach in sessions?

The therapist centers the client's experience and builds on strengths while teaching practical skills from approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

What background does the therapist have?

She has about 30 years of professional experience in social work and long practice helping people with emotional and behavioral concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and practices in New Jersey.

Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are offered?

Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs.

How does pricing and payment work?

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